Nigeria has recorded 17 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 166,534.
The figures were released on Tuesday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.
Lagos has the highest figure of 8 for the day.
The tweets giving other details read:
“17 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-8
Rivers-5
Kano-2
Kaduna-1
Plateau-1.
“166,534 confirmed
159,935 discharged
2,099 deaths.”